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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Su·pine a.
 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
 If the vine
 On rising ground be placed, or hills supine.   --Dryden.
 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
    He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation.   --Woodward.
 Syn: -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy.
 -- Su*pine*ly, adv. -- Su*pine*ness, n.